Caring for dying people: Attitudes among Iranian and Swedish nursing students

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Iranmanesh, Sedigheh ^a   Axelsson, Karin ^b   Häggström, Terttu ^b   Sävenstedt, Stefan ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude toward caring for dying persons; Attitude toward death; Nursing students; Palliative care; Transcultural nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650643173     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.73643     Document Type: Article

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